Sunday 2nd May 2021 saw perhaps the most significant fan protests in living memory, as hundreds of Manchester United fans ensured that what is traditionally the biggest fixture in the English football calendar was postponed. This attracted global media attention,…
Author: Fergus Lockhart
Fergus Lockhart
United fan from Belfast. I have red blood pumping through my veins. I'm very decisive and often wrong. I have a love of writing nonsense with some football sprinkled throughout. Counting down the days until my toddlers are old enough to take to Old Trafford and pretending it's for their benefit. I worship at the church of Michael Carrick
With the benefit of hindsight, the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson was inevitably going to cause massive issues at Manchester United. Despite the Scot’s advancing years, virtually all aspects relating to football were overseen or controlled by him. He was…
Following the atrocious start Manchester United have made to their Premier League campaign this season, emphatically topped off with the 6-1 humbling by Tottenham at Old Trafford two weeks ago, it was hard to look ahead to the upcoming fixtures…
Nothing compares to the innocence and joy of a child when they fall in love with football. I can’t remember vast chunks of my own early years, but there’s moments in football I remember vividly. My earliest football memory is…
On Tuesday evening ahead of the home game against Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur side, the odds on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer getting his marching orders from Manchester United were 7/2, with speculation that one more poor result could signal the end.…
The return of Jose Mourinho to Old Trafford promised drama and incident, and the home team and their supporters rose to the occasion. This was a vital result for Mourinho’s successor, who needed three points to halt a terrible sequence…
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It was tepid, limp, lethargic, and possibly most damning of all, it was entirely predictable as Manchester United were dispatched back to the North West having been soundly beaten at the London Stadium. Here are five things we learned: 1.…